Lorna Vickerage: Former car dealer, 35, who 'went on run with 14-year-old schoolgirl' is arrested after both are found at Euston train station
A schoolgirl-of-14 who disappeared with a 35-year-old ‘family friend’ was found today in London after a cross country police chase.
Lorna Vickerage ran away with John Bush three days after social services took her from her home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and put her in foster care.
After securing air and sea ports across the country, officers tracked the pair through the midlands and down to the capital, where a plain-clothed policeman spotted them at Euston Station in the early afternoon.
Lorna's mother said she was 'ecstatic' after her daughter was found 'safe and well'.
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Missing: Lorna Vickerage (left), 14, and former car dealer John Bush (right), 35, both of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, have been found at Euston train station after allegedly going on the run for five days Too much to bear: Lorna's mother, Christine Vickerage (left) and grandmother, Diane Vickerage (right) break down during a press conference outside Doncaster police station today Located: The pair were found Euston train station (above) in London after they were recognised by an off-duty police officer at 2.35pmSpeaking moments after the news was revealed, Christine Vickerage said: 'I am very, very happy she is home, I'm over the moon.
'It has been an awful few days. I don't know when I'll get to see her yet because she has to come up from London. The family are all happy.'
Police have now arrested Bush on suspicion of child abduction and will question them both to establish why they fled, with one line of enquiry being that the ‘vulnerable’ young girl was in a relationship with her abductor.
A second 35-year-old man was arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping.
The girl’s parents Christine Vickerage and Darren Griffiths, who earlier had desperately appealed for their daughter’s safe return, were last night said to be ‘over the moon’.
South Yorkshire Police detective chief inspector Craig Robinson said: ‘Christine was so pleased. It was unbelievable.’